Sheftival 2012 at the Don Vally Bowl and Don Valley Stadium was a great success and with Jessica Ennis winning Gold it was an all round Olympic performance from Sheffield. The 2 day festival was packed full of live bands, artists and entertainers. Following on from Tramlines and replacing Music in the Sun we now have a new Summer Festival to look forward to Sheftival.
We caught up with some of the Bands and Entertainers around Sheftival to learn more about our local talent. Sour Cherry was rocking the main stage and we caught them after the performance.
Sour Cherry (Sheffield)
After watching the amazing performance by Sheffield’s own up and coming band Sour Cherry we caught up with them to see what they are all about. Oozing with chemistry on and off set we wondered just how they came about to be Sour Cherry.
Lead singer Kourntey told us she and Jamie (Bass guitar) met at a jam night at spring vale and originally they did have two other members which have gone now, Aiden (Guitar) knew Jamie through college. They thought Aiden was a must have and funnily enough stole him from another band, to follow they auditioned Ally obviously impressing existing band members as he now plays drums, the fantastic four have been together for just over a year now, but the future looks sweet for Sour Cherry.
Sour Cherry finished off their performance with a track called SuperStar which featured Rapper Smokey Roomz from TMI inc. Superstar song is focused as a message song, all songs Kourtney writes are about real life about people or experiences, cant say too much but about that someone she knew, who was 13 wanted to be a singer, she was always out for attention doing things 13 year olds do and lands up pregnant, wanted to audition for xfactor and be a no1 singer famous, doesn’t go right for her but finds attention she wants from school being pregnant. All songs are out for audience to relate to and are real life. All back in Sheffield, Aiden is at Sheffield uni to study music, Jamie being boring at minute being a mechanic, ally plays music professionally drums, Courtney works at the meadowhall on a yves saint Laurent beauty counter. You can follow the bands progress on twitter @SourCherrySongs
MAX
Following on from Sour Cherry performance a you man from Sheffield called Max from near millhouses in Sheffield playing saxophone and singing to a Beatles track. Max is 15 and has been playing sax from age 6, biggest place that Max preformed recently is party in the park last year at Mansfield, when asked are you nervous?
“I get a bit nervous as everyone does, but we just go out and do our best”
On the world stage we were entertained by a multicultural selection of artists, our personal favorite was Belly Dancing 101 with Sheffield professional dance teacher Jessie Jing. The ladies put on a performance of a Bhangra style that was impressively choreographed and executed. If you wold like to catch up with Jessie and the girls give them a shout on Twitter @Jingley
Steve Brailey, CEO of (SIV), said: “Our commitment is to general participation and raising interest in sports and activities. This event was designed to ignite people’s interest and ability, and encourage everyone to have a go and we should be proud of what we achieved in a short space of time.”
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